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COMMUNIST PARTY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE
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Responding
to the growing chorus of
statements by leading NATO officers and diplomats that the war in
Afghanistan requires a political solution, the Communist Party of
Canada has called for "a military ceasefire - the cessation of all
military operations - and immediate withdrawal as the best way to end
the bloodshed.
"The Harper Conservative
government has ignored public opinion in Canada for too many years,
continuing Canada's involvement in the imperialist occupation, but they
will be even more bloodthirsty and out of touch with reality if they
push ahead with a conflict that cannot be won. Indeed, NATO's
definition of `victory' continues to change from one year to the next.
"A military victory by
Afghanistan's resistance forces would only come after much more
bloodshed. But now it is acknowledged by growing numbers of
intelligence agencies and military experts that resistance to NATO's
occupation will never be crushed and is growing stronger...
"A ceasefire at this time is the
quickest and most reliable way to reduce the number of needless
casualties from NATO's occupation, an occupation which is opposed by a
majority of Canadians. The Communist Party demands that the Government
of Canada call on NATO to agree to a ceasefire and immediate withdrawal
as the best way to end the bloodshed...."